> If true, then pi contains somewhere in its decimal expansion, sequentially, an encoding of the complete works of Shakespeare (any edition), complete encodings of the bible (any edition, any translation.) The sum total of human output all in one number, not just past knowledge, but all books yet to be written as well! [Imagine the enormity of the knowledge contained in the whole tree! Perhaps we should call it the "god tree (tm)".]>> Cheers,> Joe N>

I actually don't believe this, as a possible universe in which theexpansion of pi does NOT include the complete works of Shakespeareshould be just as likely, unless we're saying there's only this oneuniverse and that this one DOES have the complete works (so far, noproofs have been offered -- we're asked to take it on faith justbecause "infinity" has been invoked and the usual hand-wavy fashion).

A universe in which pi contains the complete works of Shakespearewould be anthropic in the extreme, whereas just one verse from onesonnet would suggest a more cosmopolitan universe, in which humans hadless of an overall footprint.

The flip side of that is the pi digits we already have encode thecomplete works of a certain ET sage, whose recorded verses are morebeautiful than the human brain is organically able to comprehend.Someday, if we have the good fortune to be colonized by this race ofETs, they will teach us to read what's been in front of us all along.